Habitat
The entire natural population of axolotls is found in this lake.
What is Lake Xochimilico
This species name translates into water monster
What is an axolotl
The forever young condition of Axolotls
What is neoteny
Axolotls cannot regenerate their eyes.
What is False
To better understand axolotls, scienctists have done this
What is sequencing the axolotl genome.
The wetlands in Mexico City.
What is the area where axlotls originate from
In 1519 Spanish invaders began draining these.
What are lakes.
When Axolotls are exposed to certain substances they can do this.
What is turn into adults.
Axolotls leave the water when they mature.
What is false. Axolotls do not leave the water when they mature.
Salamanders have more of this than other vertebrates.
What is DNA
The lakes axolotls evolved in remained this way year round.
What is unchanging.
When Dumeril removed axolotls gills, this happened.
What is, the gills grew back.
If an axolotl becomes an adult it will lose these abilities
What are healing abilities
Axolotls are a type of Salamander
What is true
These can change the length of any animals genome.
What are mutations.
Shallow, sheltered waterway is considered to be this or axolotls.
What is an ideal habitat.
Hundreds of years ago, axolotls thrived under this Aztec capital.
What is Tenochtitlan
The axolotl's superpower has to do with this extraordinary ability.
What is regeneration
Axolotls are fairly resistant to cancer
What is true
By regenrating this, the farmsers may be able to save axolotl populations.
What is the ecosystem.
The Axolotls population is threatened mainly by these two things.
What are invasive fishes and pollution.
This form of agriculture created a vast system of canals where axolotls thrive.
What are Chinampas.
When axolotls are babies they sometimes eat bites of this
what are other axolotls
Axolotls are rarely studied and observed.
What is False
They are one of the most studied species.
Studying axolotls ability to do these things might help humans.
What are regeneration and tumor suppression.